--- title: “May all your wishes be fulfilled as easily, for I am Shepherd Paul,… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “May all your wishes be fulfilled as easily, for I am Shepherd Paul, and can wrestle with you at once,” replied the lad; and he seized Tree Comber and flung him with such force to the ground that he sank up to his knees in the earth. Who acts: lad, man, your. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lad, man, your), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg2435:31:28 # text = “May all your wishes be fulfilled as easily, for I am Shepherd Paul, and can wrestle with you at once,” replied the lad; and he seized Tree Comber and flung him with such force to the ground that he sank up to his knees in the earth. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 May may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 wishes wish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 fulfilled fulfil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 easily easily ADV RB _ 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 Shepherd Shepherd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 15 Paul Paul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 wrestle wrestle VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ” " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 26 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 33 Tree Tree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 Comber Comber PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 flat _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 47 up up ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fulfil** *in a quote* | may · passive | | your wishes | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the lad *= lad* | | | | | for Shepherd | tree rules | | 3 | **wrestle** *in a quote* | can | | | | | | with you | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with you=Co-Agent | | 4 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the lad | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **seize** | past | man | Tree | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme | | 6 | **fling** | past | man *not said here* | man | | the ground | | with such force | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme to ground=Destination | | 7 | **sink up** | past | man | | | the earth | | to man's knees | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **wish** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/29/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/)